The study from The Co-operative and conservation group, WWF shows £250bn combined cost of tar sands project would help the world to hit half of the Millenium Development Goals in the 50 least-developed countries

Seabirds, dolphins, sea snakes and turtles are all under threat from a toxic oil spill which has been leaking since August into the Timor Sea, off the north-west coast of Western Australia, according to the conservation group WWF